1. Home
  2. Focus Area: Program Management
  3. NCSP Annual Technical Program Review (TPR)
  4. Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP) Technical Program Review - 2025

Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP) Technical Program Review - 2025

December 3–5, 2024
Hosted by: Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

NCSP Management Team

Angela Chambers, DOE NNSA (NA-ESH-21), NCSP Program Manager
Doug Bowen, ORNL, Execution Manager
John Miller, Sandia, IE Manager
Contact the team: ncsp-mgmt [at] ornl.gov (ncsp-mgmt[at]ornl[dot]gov)

Links to the Agenda

Detailed TPR Meeting Agenda
TPR Week Agenda

 

Welcome
Angela Chambers (NCSP) Welcome from NCSP
Joetta Goda, Mark Chadwick (LANL) Welcome from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Doug Bowen (ORNL) The Purpose of the DOE/NNSA Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Program Review
David Hayes (LANL) CSSG FY24 Overview

 

NCSP Manager Invited Site Reports
Joetta Goda (LANL) LANL FY24 NCSP Highlights
William Hall (MSTS) NNSS Support Activities FY24
Catherine Percher (LLNL) LLNL NCSP Task Manager FY24 Overview
Alex Lang (ORNL) ORNL NCSP FY24 Budget Summary and Highlights
Travis Zipperer (PNNL) PNNL Budget Summary and Highlights
Yaron Danon (RPI) NCSP Related Nuclear Data Research at RPI
David Ames (SNL) Sandia Site Report
Scott Finfrock (SRS) CritView Status Report
Kevin Reynolds (Y-12) Y-12 Task Manager FY2024 Summary
Gustavo Nobre (BNL) BNL Site Report for the NCSP Technical Program Review

 

International Collaborations
Matthew Harker (AWE) International Collaborations AWE UK
Michael Laget, Michael Prigniau (CEA) Overview of CEA activities in nuclear criticality safety
Sophie Pignet (IRSN) IRSN work in support to NCSP: FY2024

 

FY24 Analytical Methods (AM) Technical Presentations
David Brown (BNL)
BNL-AM4		 Tests of the probability table method for unresolved resonances
Caleb Mattoon (LLNL)
LLNL-AM4, LLNL-AM9		 Thermal Scattering and Self-Shielding in GNDS/FUDGE & COG Data Library Generation and Testing
Mike Rising (LANL)
LANL-AM1		 FY24 MCNP® Updates for the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program
Jeff Favorite (LANL)
LANL-AM1		 Uncertainty Quantification for Compositions in Benchmark Evaluations
Alex Clark (LANL)
LANL-AM1		 Whisper Updates
Nathan Gibson (LANL)
LANL-AM2		 NJOY updates and ENDF/B-VIII.1 processing
Alex Lang (ORNL)
ORNL-AM1		 Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC)
Will Wieselquist (ORNL)
ORNL-AM2		 SCALE Activities in FY24
Jordan McDonnell (ORNL)
ORNL-AM3		 AMPX Developments in FY2024
Travis Greene (ORNL)
ORNL-AM17		 Status of the Verified, Archived, Library of Inputs and Data (VALID)
Aurélie Bardelay (IRSN, LLNL, ORNL)
IRSN-AM5, LLNL-AM3, ORNL-AM6		 Status of the Slide Rule Update
Vaibhav Jaiswal (IRSN, LANL, LLNL,
ORNL, Y12)
IRSN-AM13, LANL-AM5, LLNL-AM5,
ORNL-AM10, Y12-AM1		 International Benchmark Comparison for Nuclear Data and Code Validation: Outlook and Status

 

FY24 Integral Experiments (IE) Technical Presentations
Vaibhav Jaiswal (IRSN) IER 296: TEX-MOX Experiment Preparation
Nick Thompson (LANL) IER 296: Preparations for MOX Experiments with IRSN
Rob Weldon (LANL) IER 153: PFUNS Execution and Preliminary Analysis
Ryan Charrette (LANL) IER 153: Preliminary Spectral Adjustment Results
Kristin Stolte (LANL) IER 423 and beyond: Use in Validation Suites
Geordie McKenzie, Rene Sanchez,
Travis Grove (LANL)		 IER 479: A update on the Low Temperature TEX Experiment
Theresa Cutler (LANL) IER 499: TEX-Cl: Ushering in a New Era of Critical Experiments with a Revamped Control System
Greg Siemers (LANL) IER 516: Zirconium Test Assembly
Kelsey Amundson (LANL) IER 537: CERBERUS Part I Review and Motivation for Part II
Peter Brain (LANL) IER 537: CERBERUS and its Impact on Cu Data
Alex McSpaden (LANL) IER 567: MUSiC Subcritical NoMAD Leakage Multiplication Benchmark Results
Rob Weldon (LANL) IER 568: MUSiC Subcritical Neutron Noise Benchmark Results (OS)
Arel D'Agostino (LANL) IER 568: MUSIC Leakage multiplication with Organic scintillators
John Bess, David Shepard (LANL) IER 578: Jupiter High Pu240 Benchmark Experiment Evaluation
Cole Kostelac (LANL) IER 579: Pile Oscillator Experiments at NCERC
INVITED TALK
Joetta Goda (LANL)
NCERC Control Room Upgrades
Peter Brain (LANL) IER 607: THALES: Ta- Reflected Pu Experiments
Mathieu Dupont (ORNL) FY24 ORNL IE Task Summary
David Ames (SNL) IER 441: Completion of Epithermal Tantalum Experiments
Mac Cook (SNL) IER 523: UO2-BeO Fuel with 7uPCX CED-2 Developments
Chantel Nowlen Peterson (SNL) Sandia CX Digital Indications and Plant Protection System Upgrade
Augie Chapa (SNL) Fabrication of New 7uPCX Control and Safety Elements
Eric Aboud (LLNL) IER 499: TEX-Cl Experimental Measurements
Eric Aboud (LLNL) IER 547: Low Temperature TEX Surrogate Experiments and Results
Ruby Araj (LLNL) IER 501: PNDA Benchmark
Jesse Norris (LLNL) IER 532: TEX-Hf Benchmark Analysis
Paul Maggi (LLNL) IER 602: AFFRI International Dosimetry Intercomparison Exercise
Will Zywiec (LLNL) IER 500: AWE Measurements in FY24
INVITED TALK
Jesson Hutchinson (LANL)
LANL IE35: Fukushima Fuel Retrieval And Montoring Experiments (1FRAM)

 

FY24 Nuclear Data (ND) Technical Presentations
Klaus Guber, Jesse Brown (ORNL)
ORNL-ND1, ORNL-ND3		 Data Measurement and Analysis of Zr for the NCSP
Marco Pigni (ORNL)
ORNL-ND2		 Actinides evaluations and R-matrix analysis of n+natCl reactions
Luiz Leal (ORNL)
ORNL-ND2		 Nuclear Data Evaluation for NCSP Applications
Jordan McDonnell, Jesse Brown (ORNL)
ORNL-ND2		 ORNL FY2024 Nuclear Data Evaluation Contributions: Cu, La, N, and Ta
Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
ORNL-ND6		 Recent Developments in the R-Matrix Code SAMMY
Chris Chapman (ORNL)
ORNL-ND9		 Simultaneous TSL/RRR Evaluation of UO2 & PuO2 – Expanded Theory & Simulations
Ayman Hawari (NCSU, LLNL)
LLNL-ND12		 Thermal Scattering Law Research and Development at NC State University
Ching-Yen Wu (LLNL)
LLNL-ND13		 233U PPAC Design and Fabrication
Sukhjinder Singh (RPI)
RPI-ND1		 Measurements, RRR Evaluation, and Covariances of 54Fe
Alec Goals (RPI)
RPI-ND1		 Automatic Determination of Resonance Parameters from Self-Shielded Measurements in the Unresolved Resonance Region
Greg Siemers (RPI)
RPI-ND1		 RPI Neutron Scattering Measurements and Zirconium Evaluations
Gustavo Nobre (BNL)
BNL-ND1		 National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) Support to the NCSP
Rebecca Coles (BNL)
BNL-ND1		 Continuous Integration Advance
Ken Hanselman (LANL)
LANL-ND2		 Update on the 35Cl(n,p) Measurement at LENZ
Esther Leal-Cidoncha (LANL)
LANL-ND2		 133Cs(n,g) DANCE Measurement
Denise Neudecker (LANL)
LANL-ND1		 Evaluations of 238Pu PFNS and Minor U/ Pu Isotopes
Thanos Stamatopoulos (LANL)
LANL-ND1		 The 239Pu measurement at DICER
Mark Paris (LANL)
LANL-ND1		 Evaluations for Nuclear Criticality Safety Program 12C, 139La, minor actinides, 235U

 

FY24 Information Preservation And Dissemination (IPD) Technical Presentations
Mathieu Dupont (ORNL)
ORNL-IPD5		 Status of the HPRR experiments evaluation - SINBAD Process
Catherine Percher (LLNL)
LLNL-IPD1, LLNL-IPD2, LLNL-IPD5		 International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project Update
Doug Bowen (ORNL)
ORNL-IPD3, ORNL-IPD4		 Nuclear Criticality Safety OSTI Repository, LFE Database, and the NDA Program
Doug Bowen (ORNL)
ORNL-TE1		 ORNL NCSP Training and Education Support for FY 2024
Walid Metwally (ORNL)
ORNL-TE14		 Overview and Status Update of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Training and Pipeline Program

 

FY24 Invited Talks & Technical Presentations
Iyad Al-Qasir (ORNL) Graphite Thermal Neutron Scattering: Advancing from Basic Principles to Criticality Insights
William Wieselquist (ORNL) DNCSH Highlights
Doug Bowen, Alex Lang (ORNL) Oak Ridge Subcritical Assembly Status Update
Theresa Cutler, Denise Neudecker, Matt Devlin (LANL) PARADIGM: Machine Learning Selection of Differential and Integral Experiments to Optimally Reduce Nuclear Data Uncertainties
Theresa Cutler (LANL) NCERC Advanced Reactor Experiments
Marco Pigni (ORNL) Evaluation work activities within the International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN)
Walid Metwally (ORNL) ANS Nuclear 101 Course: Updates and Moving Forward
Angela Chambers (NCSP) Final Remarks